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re: The correct spelling of "theatre/theater" ...
Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 02:14 pm EDT 05/16/18
In reply to: re: The correct spelling of "theatre/theater" ... - davei2000 12:24 pm EDT 05/16/18

Do you use "centre," fibre," "sombre" "kilometre"? Why are the British ok with "letter," "member," "minister," "monster"? Letter comes from the Latin littera, so etymologically, there was no reason to ever spell it -re in English to begin with
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re: The correct spelling of "theatre/theater" ...
Posted by: MFeingold 08:50 pm EDT 05/16/18
In reply to: re: The correct spelling of "theatre/theater" ... - MockingbirdGirl 02:14 pm EDT 05/16/18

And with "center/centre" we are actually the only holdouts, because even the German "Zentrum" duplicates the Latin "centrum." Maybe it's all just American exceptionalism.
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